This first semester at Foothill has been alright. I haven’t necessarily accomplished much of my goals yet. I still haven’t yet mastered the whole, “not procrastinating” thing, but I've become less shy. Also, I've come to like this school more than I did before and don’t particularly want to transfer to Buena anymore. I've made a lot of new friends and met a lot of new people and I love the teachers here. At first, I wasn't entirely sure if I wanted to stay at this school for multiple reasons, but now I’m really glad I stayed.
I have never been one to like science much…that still hasn't changed. Don’t get me wrong, I like all the students in my Biology class and Mr. D is a pretty great teacher. I just don’t find Biology that much of an interesting class. The class is really simple and the home work isn't too difficult and it seems we rarely ever get big assignments which is good. However it’s one of the most boring classes I’ve ever taken. Biology is simply a class I tolerate and it most likely will never be a favorite of mine.
My second class is EDA, which isn't my favorite class either. In my opinion Mrs. P is hilarious and a wonderful teacher. I love the “Angel Potato Revolution” because I love reading and I love the idea of messaging the author after reading a book. I don’t particularly like watching all the videos though. I must admit, I thought learning all the Internet Terminology was somewhat interesting, because I didn't know much of that before and it’s something new.
Next I have English with Mr. G and this is the class I like the most, simply because it’s English. I have always loved reading and writing so it’s not that surprising that it’s my favorite class. In fact I loved it since I ever learned how to write. Yet, I still procrastinate doing my assignments in this class every now and then, and I’m still working on NOT doing that. I definitely want to stop that habit all together this next semester. I haven’t been too fond of any of the literature we've read in this class, but that’s to be expected. I don’t think I've ever really liked an assigned book. The books are all well written, and what not…but I don’t like them at all. I struggle with not falling asleep when we read in class. Plus this class is quite entertaining. Watching students read their essays on their desk or “fly” around the room just to create an analogy about 1984. Overall, I’ll always enjoy 4th period English or the subject in general.
I loathe math with a fiery passion. Math, like science is one of my least favorite classes so I’m not even going to put in effort to talk about this subject.
After that horrible class I have Oral Interpretation (drama) with Mrs. R. At the beginning of the year I was hesitant about the class and wanted to leave and take Art or Spanish…or pretty much anything other than that. After a while, I began to like that class a bit. It was bearable and I think all the improv and being on stage more helped me be a small amount less shy..
My second favorite class is 7th period health with Mr. M. I absolutely love this class because it’s so much fun and I somehow got a big group of my friends in that class. The first few weeks of his class I was so unbelievably bored and watched the clock until it was time to leave. Then he let us occasionally move seats and I could sit with my friends as long as we are kind of quiet when he’s talking. The class is super easy and the projects are really simple and fun to do. For example, one of our projects was to make a chef video (which I didn't do because it was extra credit and I think I had a funeral that week) but some of the kids in that class did the videos and some were very funny. At the end of class we sometimes watch surfing videos, America’s Funniest Home Videos and after our finals we watch cat videos. All in all I really enjoy this class and am looking forward to the next semester.
My friends haven’t changed much. I still hang out with the same group of friends at both schools (Buena and Foothill) and still see my Buena friends every now and then. I have lost some friends coming to Foothill, but I recently realized they weren't necessarily the best group of friends I've had. That’s part of the reason why I love Foothill, because a lot of my friends here I've known since Preschool and they really keep me grounded. I’m so lucky to have such great friends, and I really don’t know what I’d do without them all. My family life is decent still. I love both my parents so much, even though we do fight a bit and I get in trouble quite often for being, “too sarcastic” or not doing my chores, basic stuff like that. I still want to work on being more patient with my brother, because it’s SO easy to quickly lose my temper with him when he presses all my buttons constantly and will NEVER leave me alone. Especially around my friends because they think I’m some sort of cruel human being when my brother puts on a fake smile and acts all “sweet” and “so behaved” and says hello to me, and I simply don’t encourage him much. Mostly because he’s only “happy go lucky” when they’re around…or if he wants something…when in reality, when it’s just me and him he’s kind of a jerk to me. In other words, I should also really try being more understanding. None the less, he’s still my brother and even though it’s kind of difficult living with him at time I still love my family.
There’s a lot of stuff I find myself doing outside of school. My dad and I go hiking still almost every weekend and go to the beach as often as we can. I learned to play the ukulele last month and I want to move on and learn how to play the piano next. I also want to go back to my Aunt’s dance studio in Santa Paula again and take more classes and whatnot. To sum everything up, my freshman year has been pretty good so far. I’m hoping next semester I’ll stop procrastinating and it will be even better then the first.
I have never been one to like science much…that still hasn't changed. Don’t get me wrong, I like all the students in my Biology class and Mr. D is a pretty great teacher. I just don’t find Biology that much of an interesting class. The class is really simple and the home work isn't too difficult and it seems we rarely ever get big assignments which is good. However it’s one of the most boring classes I’ve ever taken. Biology is simply a class I tolerate and it most likely will never be a favorite of mine.
My second class is EDA, which isn't my favorite class either. In my opinion Mrs. P is hilarious and a wonderful teacher. I love the “Angel Potato Revolution” because I love reading and I love the idea of messaging the author after reading a book. I don’t particularly like watching all the videos though. I must admit, I thought learning all the Internet Terminology was somewhat interesting, because I didn't know much of that before and it’s something new.
Next I have English with Mr. G and this is the class I like the most, simply because it’s English. I have always loved reading and writing so it’s not that surprising that it’s my favorite class. In fact I loved it since I ever learned how to write. Yet, I still procrastinate doing my assignments in this class every now and then, and I’m still working on NOT doing that. I definitely want to stop that habit all together this next semester. I haven’t been too fond of any of the literature we've read in this class, but that’s to be expected. I don’t think I've ever really liked an assigned book. The books are all well written, and what not…but I don’t like them at all. I struggle with not falling asleep when we read in class. Plus this class is quite entertaining. Watching students read their essays on their desk or “fly” around the room just to create an analogy about 1984. Overall, I’ll always enjoy 4th period English or the subject in general.
I loathe math with a fiery passion. Math, like science is one of my least favorite classes so I’m not even going to put in effort to talk about this subject.
After that horrible class I have Oral Interpretation (drama) with Mrs. R. At the beginning of the year I was hesitant about the class and wanted to leave and take Art or Spanish…or pretty much anything other than that. After a while, I began to like that class a bit. It was bearable and I think all the improv and being on stage more helped me be a small amount less shy..
My second favorite class is 7th period health with Mr. M. I absolutely love this class because it’s so much fun and I somehow got a big group of my friends in that class. The first few weeks of his class I was so unbelievably bored and watched the clock until it was time to leave. Then he let us occasionally move seats and I could sit with my friends as long as we are kind of quiet when he’s talking. The class is super easy and the projects are really simple and fun to do. For example, one of our projects was to make a chef video (which I didn't do because it was extra credit and I think I had a funeral that week) but some of the kids in that class did the videos and some were very funny. At the end of class we sometimes watch surfing videos, America’s Funniest Home Videos and after our finals we watch cat videos. All in all I really enjoy this class and am looking forward to the next semester.
My friends haven’t changed much. I still hang out with the same group of friends at both schools (Buena and Foothill) and still see my Buena friends every now and then. I have lost some friends coming to Foothill, but I recently realized they weren't necessarily the best group of friends I've had. That’s part of the reason why I love Foothill, because a lot of my friends here I've known since Preschool and they really keep me grounded. I’m so lucky to have such great friends, and I really don’t know what I’d do without them all.
My family life is decent still. I love both my parents so much, even though we do fight a bit and I get in trouble quite often for being, “too sarcastic” or not doing my chores, basic stuff like that. I still want to work on being more patient with my brother, because it’s SO easy to quickly lose my temper with him when he presses all my buttons constantly and will NEVER leave me alone. Especially around my friends because they think I’m some sort of cruel human being when my brother puts on a fake smile and acts all “sweet” and “so behaved” and says hello to me, and I simply don’t encourage him much. Mostly because he’s only “happy go lucky” when they’re around…or if he wants something…when in reality, when it’s just me and him he’s kind of a jerk to me. In other words, I should also really try being more understanding. None the less, he’s still my brother and even though it’s kind of difficult living with him at time I still love my family.
There’s a lot of stuff I find myself doing outside of school. My dad and I go hiking still almost every weekend and go to the beach as often as we can. I learned to play the ukulele last month and I want to move on and learn how to play the piano next. I also want to go back to my Aunt’s dance studio in Santa Paula again and take more classes and whatnot.
To sum everything up, my freshman year has been pretty good so far. I’m hoping next semester I’ll stop procrastinating and it will be even better then the first.